Eight Verses for Training the Mind — Boulder 2016
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Eight Verses for Training the Mind — Boulder 2016
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His Holiness the Dalai Lama's teaching on Geshe Langri Thangpa's "Eight Verses for Training the Mind" Coors Event Center at the University of Colorado Boulder in Boulder, Colorado, USA on June 23, 2016.
Citation
Dalai Lama, 14th. "Eight Verses for Training the Mind (Boulder 2016)." Produced by the Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, June 23, 2016, Boulder, CO, Coors Event Center. Video, 1:44:16. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHI3QMLCcuE.
Interconnections
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Composed by the Buddhist Master Langri Tangpa (1054-1123), Eight Verses for Training the Mind is a highly revered text from the Mahayana Lojong (mind training) tradition. These instructions offer essential practices for cultivating the awakening mind of compassion, wisdom, and love. This eight-verse lojong enshrines the very heart of Dharma, revealing the true essence of the Mahayana path to liberation. Even a single line of this practice can be seen as encapsulating the entire teaching of the Buddha. For even a single statement of this mind training practice has the incredible power to help us subdue our self-oriented behavior and mental afflictions. The fundamental theme of mind training practice is the profound reorientation of our basic attitude, both toward our own self and toward our fellow human beings, as well as toward the events around us. The goal of mind training practice is the radical transformation of our thoughts, attitudes, and habits. Presently, we tend to cherish the welfare of our own self at the expense of all others. However, the mind training teaching challenges us to reverse this process. This involves a deep understanding of others as true friends, and the recognition that our true enemy lies inside of ourselves, not outside. Source Accessed Jan 30, 2025)
